Take it to another shop--now!  This guy is clueless and just wants to get
rid of you.  He'll keep taking your money until you stop coming back.  Cut
your losses now.

Good luck!

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David M
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 4:16 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Failed emissions for third time

The shop is called German Autotec on Main St in Mesa.
I jsut spoke to them on the phone.
They said they connected a diagnostic tool to the ECU (he called it a
';break-out box') and it indicates the coolant temperature sensor, the
throttle switch, the AFM and the air-temperature sensor are bad.
He quoted me $450 plus $50 labor just to replace the AFM.
The throttle switch and air temperature sensor he said are no longer
available.

Not sure what to do now. He said he'll charge me $150 for the diagnostic
work so far and of course I've paid $55 in emissions testing fees. My
registration expired at the end of June.

David

________________________________
 From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com>
To: 'David M' <covrambles@YAHOO.COM>; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 1:56 PM
Subject: RE: Failed emissions for third time
 

Who are you taking the van to?� Were the readings before the cat
significantly different than those after?

I'd suggest taking it to Import Car Specialists at 16th St and Indian School
- 602-265-6412 - talk to Ray,
Or Myer's European on McClintock and McKellips.� Their # is 480-946-5200.

Good luck,

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] 
|On Behalf Of David M
|Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 1:15 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Failed emissions for third time
|
|I posted a while back about my 1987 Vanagon failing the AZ 
|emissions on CO and NOX levels.
|The place I took it to said it was running rich and they 
|adjusted the timing and mixture. Then they told me to drive it 
|50-75 miles on the freeway to 'clean out the exhaust'. Well I 
|did that and took it back in and they put it on their exhaust 
|analyser. They said it should pass now so I had it retested 
|(free) and it failed on CO and NOX again. CO and NOX were down